I was going to wait a bit longer, but after watching a few shows, I just had to make the thread. Just a note- I don't read manga, so there's a whole side to all of these I do not know.

Mawaru Penguin Drum - [Highly Recommend] - Focuses on trio of siblings (two boys, one girl). One day, the sister collapses and dies, but is revived (and possessed) by a penguin queen shortly after. The two boys see this as a miracle, but at what price? The director of this show is the same man who produced Revolutionary Girl Utena. Kamisama no Memo-chou - [Recommend Watching] - Story of a self-proclaimed NEET detective. This girl tries to solve various mysteries with rarely leaving home and never going into public. Her detective agency is called "It's The Only NEET Thing to Do" and has several NEETs assisting her. I thought the show seemed interesting, reminds me of Gosick, actually.

Kamisama Dolls - [Too Early to Tell] - In the world of this anime, people called "Seki" are those who share their hearts and control large (about 10 ft. tall) dolls refered to a "Kamisama Doll." Years ago, when the protagonist was a seki, he was part of a horrifying event and has since given up on becoming a full fledged seki. Now that he is older and attending school in Tokyo, his past is about to return to give him more trouble. Still on the fence about this, so not sure if I recommend it.

Mayo Chiki - [Mediocre] - Male protagonist discovers the butler of the idol of his school is actually a woman when everyone believes her to be a guy. Shortly after, he learns the butler is extremely violent and worse yet, the idol is actually a ******. Since the butler's secret can not be revealed, the two women are sure to abuse the protagonist. Fan service, ecchi, sadism- pretty much sums up this show.

Usagi Drop - [Recommended] - Going home for his grandfather's funeral, thirty-year-old bachelor Daikichi and his family are shocked to discover that the old man had an illegitimate child with a younger lover, but not one of them wants anything to do with the silent little girl, Rin. In a fit of angry spontaneity, Daikichi decides to take her in himself! I'm expecting this show to be kind of cute, but I really don't know.

Ikoku Meiro no Croisée - [Too Early to Tell] - An old, traveling merchant from victorian period France returns home bringing with him a small Japanese girl named Yune. The merchant asks his grandson Claude to take care of the girl in addition to him already running the family store- a metallic crafts shop. From here, the show focuses on Yune and Claude learning about the other's culture. I did not find this show show exceptionally interesting, but I think it has potential.

iDOLM@ASTER - [Boring] - Anime based on the game of the same name. Focuses on 13 girls trying to become idols in Japan.

No. 6 - [Mediocre] - Shion, the main character of this show, is a genius student living in a paradise of a city. He is a very curious person and instead of being scared of anything dangerous, he uses the opportunity to admire and learn more about the experience. One day, Shion meets an escaped prisoner which leads him believe this city he lives in isn't all it appears to be. Doesn't look bad, but nothing yet to really make it stand out.

Blood C - [Recommend Watching] - Part of the Blood universe (apparently the manga started only a few months ago?). This time, Saya is a shrine maiden and has a much stronger resolve for action. She is aware of the monsters she needs to slay, but possibly not yet aware of her own abilities. Other than being part of the Blood universe, this is not a sequel or retelling as far as I'm aware. Expect action, sword fighting, and lots of blood.

Itsuka Tenma no Kuro Usagi - [Too Early to Tell] - As a child, Taito once made an pact with a magical girl named Himea to love and serve her forever. Nine years later, Taito has forgotten the pact and Himea is sapped of power and a prisoner in a different dimension. One day, Taito saves a girl who is about to be run over by a large truck. This action triggers a series of events that allows Himea to escape from her prison and opens Taito up to a world he had long forgotten. The show seems interesting enough, so it might be worth watching.

Sacred Seven - [Mediocre] - The stage is a certain port city within the Kantou region. There resides Tandouji Arma, who lives a lonely and solitary life. One day, he is approached by Aiba Ruri who asks for his help, for the power of the Sacred Seven which resides within Arma. He is to help Aiba Ruri and her "foundation" (an army of maids) with his power as a Lightstone (someone who can control their powers) to fight the Darkstones (someone who has lost control of their powers). I'm really not expecting much from this, but it reminds me of s-CRY-ed and that turned out ok.

Nekogami Yaoyorozu - [Mediocre] - Story focuses on a trouble causing cat god that was stripped of most of her powers and banished to Earth until she is invited back into her own realm. From the start, she has many other friends who all serve as the city's local guardian deities. I got a few chuckles out of this, but wasn't really anything worth mentioning.

R-15 - [Skip] - High school student who writes **** novels is accepted into a prestigious school and uses his writing abilities to compete in a school-wide competition.

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Watched 10 minutes of it. That was pretty much enough to write it off unless I hear something better. It's harem and fan service, and the fan service is mostly censored (lots of cleavage, but not even panty shots). The dialogue was terrible too; "This is my friend, who is a math genius. Oh look, there's the new girl, clarinet genius." Thanks, introduce everyone and their one defining characteristic at once. Then back to the fan service! Bah, at least have a good story...

Baka To Test To Shoukanjuu Ni! - Second season, if anyone is interested.

Dantalian no Shoka - [Recommend Watching] - Protagonist Huey discovers the world of phantom books, grimoires that posses magical properties. Along with a Victorique-like girl (knowledgable, arrogant) and the power of hundreds of phantom books, Huey travels to appraise book collections while also solving mysteries brought about through misused phantom books. While the plot may fall flat eventually, it is definitely the most beautiful. Many of the environments are wonderfully painted and the background music is a collection of sweet melodies. Even a portion of the show is dedicated to poetry.

Usagi Drop - Too Early to Tell - Going home for his grandfather's funeral, thirty-year-old bachelor Daikichi and his family are shocked to discover that the old man had an illegitimate child with a younger lover, but not one of them wants anything to do with the silent little girl, Rin. In a fit of angry spontaneity, Daikichi decides to take her in himself! I'm expecting this show to be kind of cute, but I really don't know.

Holy crap. They've made Usagi Drop into an anime? Sweet! It's one of my favorite mangas.

No. 6 - [Mediocre] - Shion, the main character of this show, is a genius student living in a paradise of a city. He is a very curious person and instead of being scared of anything dangerous, he uses the opportunity to admire and learn more about the experience. One day, Shion meets an escaped prisoner which leads him believe this city he lives in isn't all it appears to be. Doesn't look bad, but nothing yet to really make it stand out.

Blood C - [Recommend Watching] - Part of the Blood universe (apparently the manga started only a few months ago?). This time, Saya is a shrine maiden and has a much stronger resolve for action. She is aware of the monsters she needs to slay, but possibly not yet aware of her own abilities. Other than being part of the Blood universe, this is not a sequel or retelling as far as I'm aware. Expect action, sword fighting, and lots of blood.

Usagi Drop - Too Early to Tell - Going home for his grandfather's funeral, thirty-year-old bachelor Daikichi and his family are shocked to discover that the old man had an illegitimate child with a younger lover, but not one of them wants anything to do with the silent little girl, Rin. In a fit of angry spontaneity, Daikichi decides to take her in himself! I'm expecting this show to be kind of cute, but I really don't know.

Holy crap. They've made Usagi Drop into an anime? Sweet! It's one of my favorite mangas.

Just watched episode one. All I can really say is that it's gonna be one I follow, I absolutely love the art style and so far it seems to be staying true to the manga(that last one is kinda hard to judge on only one episode, however).

Itsuka Tenma no Kuro Usagi - [Too Early to Tell] - As a child, Taito once made an pact with a magical girl named Himea to love and serve her forever. Nine years later, Taito has forgotten the pact and Himea is sapped of power and a prisoner in a different dimension. One day, Taito saves a girl who is about to be run over by a large truck. This action triggers a series of events that allows Himea to escape from her prison and opens Taito up to a world he had long forgotten. The show seems interesting enough, so it might be worth watching.

Baka To Test To Shoukanjuu Ni! - Second season, if anyone is interested.

I am looking forward to Last Exile 2 and will be sure to add it to the list after the first episode becomes available.

Mawaru Penguin Drum - [Highly Recommend] - Focuses on trio of siblings (two boys, one girl). One day, the sister collapses and dies, but is revived (and possessed) by a penguin queen shortly after. The two boys see this as a miracle, but at what price? The director of this show is the same man who produced Revolutionary Girl Utena.

Just watched the first episode; was pretty interesting and left me very much going "WTF?". Assuming it doesn't go overboard on fan service, incest, or lesbians (hey, it's from the guy who produced Utena, after all, my girlfriend and I will have a blast watching it. She loves penguins, I love randomness, and we both love anime

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Usagi Drop - Too Early to Tell - Going home for his grandfather's funeral, thirty-year-old bachelor Daikichi and his family are shocked to discover that the old man had an illegitimate child with a younger lover, but not one of them wants anything to do with the silent little girl, Rin. In a fit of angry spontaneity, Daikichi decides to take her in himself! I'm expecting this show to be kind of cute, but I really don't know.

Holy crap. They've made Usagi Drop into an anime? Sweet! It's one of my favorite mangas.

I'm almost positive that I read this manga a long time ago. I seem to recall really liking it, but I felt it ended too quickly and the sudden jump to the girl's highschool years was jarring. Plus her guardian never hooks up with anyone, right? And that made me sad. I did really really enjoy the part before then, however.

Speaking of this season, I didn't realize that Hanasaku Iroha was going to be longer than 13 episodes. I'm still enjoying it, so I'll go ahead and throw it in here as something folks should pick up if they haven't already. It's Slice of Life-ish, but a little different and I like it better than most.

I watched the first episode of Sacred Seven. It was like reading the shounen cliches list from tvtropes. I kept muttering to myself "everyone inexplicable everything." If a bunch of teenage girls dressed as maids walked into a public place and started acting like the police my first thought would not be "these guys seem legit."

Sacred Seven - [Mediocre] - The stage is a certain port city within the Kantou region. There resides Tandouji Arma, who lives a lonely and solitary life. One day, he is approached by Aiba Ruri who asks for his help, for the power of the Sacred Seven which resides within Arma. He is to help Aiba Ruri and her "foundation" (an army of maids) with his power as a Lightstone (someone who can control their powers) to fight the Darkstones (someone who has lost control of their powers). I'm really not expecting much from this, but it reminds me of s-CRY-ed and that turned out ok.

Nekogami Yaoyorozu - [Mediocre] - Story focuses on a trouble causing cat god that was stripped of most of her powers and banished to Earth until she is invited back into her own realm. From the start, she has many other friends who all serve as the city's local guardian deities. I got a few chuckles out of this, but wasn't really anything worth mentioning.

R-15 - [Unknown] - High school student who writes **** novels is accepted into a prestigious school and uses his writing abilities to compete in a school-wide competition. Harem, of course. Haven't watched, any input?

No clue why I'm mentioning some of these shows, but figured I might as well in case someone knows something I don't.

R-15 - [Unknown] - High school student who writes **** novels is accepted into a prestigious school and uses his writing abilities to compete in a school-wide competition. Harem, of course. Haven't watched, any input?

Watched 10 minutes of it. That was pretty much enough to write it off unless I hear something better. It's harem and fan service, and the fan service is mostly censored (lots of cleavage, but not even panty shots). The dialogue was terrible too; "This is my friend, who is a math genius. Oh look, there's the new girl, clarinet genius." Thanks, introduce everyone and their one defining characteristic at once. Then back to the fan service! Bah, at least have a good story...

Not like I'm a connoisseur of all things ecchi, but if you're gonna make a series like that, make it full-blown or nothing. Pun intended.

What do we know about Natsume Yuujinchou? Apparently there's a third season that's airing and it actually looks kind of interesting. I was wondering if anyone has seen the first two seasons or read the manga.

I'm quite enjoying No. 6 so far. It seems very much like the kind of story I'll enjoy. Though certainly not a comedy, it has some great lines.

Main character "None of your business. Besides, have you even seen me naked?" Guy who just abducted him "What if I said I had?"

And Safu is great in her straightforwardness. "I want your sperm."

Everything so far is great, but what will really make or break teh series is what the ultimate conspiracy turns out to be and the motivation behind it. If it's exceptionally stupid, it'd be hard to recover from that.

Blood C - [Recommend Watching] - Part of the Blood universe (apparently the manga started only a few months ago?). This time, Saya is a shrine maiden and has a much stronger resolve for action. She is aware of the monsters she needs to slay, but possibly not yet aware of her own abilities. Other than being part of the Blood universe, this is not a sequel or retelling as far as I'm aware. Expect action, sword fighting, and lots of blood.

Could anyone add some clarity to this? I really enjoyed both the original movie (which I haven't seen in a loooong time) as well as Blood+. Is this supposed to be another segment of Saya's life, between two of her past periods of sleep, or a completely new plot (perhaps just using her backstory)?

I'm not sure on whether I should touch Usagi Drop. From what I've heard I expect it to be good, but there is the dilemma of choosing the anime or the manga.

Having read and watched both at least as far as the anime has gone, I don't think that quality of the adaptation or faithfulness to the manga will be a problem factor, if that's any help.

Ultimately, I'd think the real issues are whether you'd prefer to enjoy it as both a visual and auditory medium, but at the same time have to wait for episodes or if you'd rather be able to read through it at your own faster pace but lose the auditory element.

Dantalian no Shoka - [Recommend Watching] - Protagonist Huey discovers the world of phantom books, grimoires that posses magical properties. Along with a Victorique-like girl (knowledgable, arrogant) and the power of hundreds of phantom books, Huey travels to appraise book collections while also solving mysteries brought about through misused phantom books. While the plot may fall flat eventually, it is definitely the most beautiful. Many of the environments are wonderfully painted and the background music is a collection of sweet melodies. Even a portion of the show is dedicated to poetry. See video:

They made 4 new OVA for higurashi 10 years anniversary called Higurashi no naku koro ni kira. The first one just came out. You will be very disappointed if you're expecting something similar to the original serie though. looks like they traded the mystery/horror of the original for hentai.

They made 4 new OVA for higurashi 10 years anniversary called Higurashi no naku koro ni kira. The first one just came out. You will be very disappointed if you're expecting something similar to the original serie though. looks like they traded the mystery/horror of the original for hentai.

They made 4 new OVA for higurashi 10 years anniversary called Higurashi no naku koro ni kira. The first one just came out. You will be very disappointed if you're expecting something similar to the original serie though. looks like they traded the mystery/horror of the original for hentai.

Totally not hentai. I am teh disappoint.

(Half of it is basically ero penalty games, the other half is delusional takes on that where the fantasies get twisted, and it ends with Tomitaki, Oisshi, and Irie ganging up on Kei, with implied gang-rape overtones. Creepy, and totally not worth watching, no real fan service to speak of).

Blood C - [Recommend Watching] - Part of the Blood universe (apparently the manga started only a few months ago?). This time, Saya is a shrine maiden and has a much stronger resolve for action. She is aware of the monsters she needs to slay, but possibly not yet aware of her own abilities. Other than being part of the Blood universe, this is not a sequel or retelling as far as I'm aware. Expect action, sword fighting, and lots of blood.

Could anyone add some clarity to this? I really enjoyed both the original movie (which I haven't seen in a loooong time) as well as Blood+. Is this supposed to be another segment of Saya's life, between two of her past periods of sleep, or a completely new plot (perhaps just using her backstory)?

In either case, I'll need to look into that...

After the first four episodes, it seems this is yet another moment in Saya's life between her periods of rest, but does not seem to be related to past events in previous works.

No. 6 episode 4, otherwise known as "I can no longer take this show seriously." It might be a good series, but that enjoyment has been usurped by my urge to mystery science theater. I've jsut been commenting to some friends over skype as I watch it and...

"[8:21:49 PM] Allegory: So the man-woman not only raises dogs, which her tenants sleep with, but she-he herself was raised by a dog, who teets she sucked on for milk."

No. 6 episode 4, otherwise known as "I can no longer take this show seriously." It might be a good series, but that enjoyment has been usurped by my urge to mystery science theater. I've jsut been commenting to some friends over skype as I watch it and...

No. 6 episode 4, otherwise known as "I can no longer take this show seriously." It might be a good series, but that enjoyment has been usurped by my urge to mystery science theater. I've jsut been commenting to some friends over skype as I watch it and...

"[8:21:49 PM] Allegory: So the man-woman not only raises dogs, which her tenants sleep with, but she-he herself was raised by a dog, who teets she sucked on for milk."

That's kind of awesome I've been enjoying this series so far, despite dubious genders and sexual orientations.

Penguindrum episode 5 Don't mess with Ringo! Also I suspect that the diary itself isn't the penguindrum, but it's one of many special items people have, with the red haired woman having her memory erasing slingshot. Kanba may have been given such an item in the first episode when Survival Strategy pulled something out of him.

It's hard to decide what was most horrifying there. A frog spawning on your back? The ****** it seemed to be having by doing so? Ringo's enthusiasm for it? That the spawning looked like pink ****? Or No 2.'s consumption of the freshly laid eggs?

Honestly I was surprised just how shoujo it got. They forgot all about the conspiracy for several episodes and focused largely on feelings. They have two episodes to wrap up the plot, and I don't see it as being very promising.

Holy crap, the Dogkeeper in No. 6 is a BOY!? I feel like I just had a reverse-Eurotrip pulled on me. This series is soooo shoujo-bordering-on-yaoi. Still pretty good though. Dammit, Eurotripped again. Looks like I was right the first time!

And in case anyone forgot, Steins; Gate is still freaking amazing. Seriously, it might be the best series I've seen since Higurashi (roughly the same genre, horror/psychological/mystery, but with a lot less gore).

[...] And in case anyone forgot, Steins; Gate is still freaking amazing. Seriously, it might be the best series I've seen since Higurashi (roughly the same genre, horror/psychological/mystery, but with a lot less gore).

[...] And in case anyone forgot, Steins; Gate is still freaking amazing. Seriously, it might be the best series I've seen since Higurashi (roughly the same genre, horror/psychological/mystery, but with a lot less gore).

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I thought they called that genre "Mind *****" instead?

That's a bit more like the uncle you wish wouldn't show up every holiday and drink all the alcohol in the house then go on drunken rants about "those **** liberals." He's going to be there every time whether you want him there or not, but you don't call Christmas "Uncle Jimmy's 'drink the pain away'" night.